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Expand your expertise with Spamhaus Know How: Domain Reputation. This free series is aimed at demystifying domain reputation threat intelligence data – from the basics of what it is, to how it’s used within the security industry, to the impact on domain owners and how to actively maintain good reputation.
This wealth of information is typically used for security, fraud, and vetting purposes right across the internet.
If you own a domain, you must actively follow best practices and monitor your reputation to avoid negative impact.
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Empowering SOC teams with predictive risk scoring – Part 1: Evaluating risks posed by domains
Security Operation Center (SOC) teams play a critical role in an organization’s security and protection, including identifying and mitigating malicious domain requests. But they’re not superhuman (well, to us, they are!), and there comes a limit. This three-part series, by DomainTools, shares how to harness technology to operate at scale and release vital resources through evaluating domain risks, predicting malicious intent, and applying predictive risk scoring.
Empowering SOC teams with predictive risk scoring – Part 2: Predicting malicious intent at scale
Having looked at evaluating domain risks, in the first part of this series, DomainTools now explores how predictive risk scoring can empower users to detect malicious intent on a large scale.
Empowering SOC teams with predictive risk scoring – Part 3: Putting Predictive Risk Scoring into practice
The final part in this series, with DomainTools, focuses on how organizations can leverage predictive risk scoring to help users detect malicious domains at scale.
When it comes to your web domains, put the controls back in your hands
Choosing a domain name registrar may seem simple, but considering security risks in the domain and DNS ecosystem is crucial. In this blog post, Vincent D’Angelo, Global Director at CSC, shares insight into the role of domain registrars in domain ecosystem security and reputation. Discover the risks and how to enhance your organization’s position proactively.
A beginner’s guide to domain reputation – what is it?
Even the words “domain reputation” are likely to make most people outside of the IT industry roll their eyes in boredom. But, if you have a non-freemail email address, or run a small (or large) website, there are some fundamentals relating to domain reputation you need to know about, otherwise you may run into trouble.
A treasure trove of data: using domain reputation in practice
Many online activities relate back to domain names, in one way or another. With that, rich insight can be gained from this hive of activity. But how can you take advantage of this intelligence? This blog post will discuss various applications across multiple areas within the industry, including defenders, network administrators, email administrators, and email senders.
Best practice for newly registered domains: PART 1 – Ask yourself a question
Whether you’re running a billion-dollar organization or the local hairdressers, there are some fundamentals that anyone considering purchasing a new domain name needs to think about….
Best practice for newly registered domains: PART 2 – Key considerations for purchasing
If you’ve bypassed the first part of this blog post series, we strongly recommend you go and read this article before purchasing a new domain. However, if you’re confident you must buy a new domain, here are some key considerations to make before and immediately after the domain purchase.
Best practice for owners of a newly registered domain: PART 3
So, you’ve purchased your new domain, ensured it’s appropriately secured, and set up hosting in a good neighborhood. The following will help you nurture your domain and successfully build its reputation to ensure it’s an asset for the long term, not just the next 10 minutes.
Understanding top-level domain (TLD) abuse helps illuminate and predict domain threat trends
The Domain Name System (DNS) is the backbone of the internet, enabling agile communication between internet entities. This blog post will focus on top-level domains (TLD), and how they can impact the security landscape – written by Bruce Van Nice from Akamai‘s Product Marketing Team, responsible for DNS, security services, and data analytics products.